Franchi USA’s Affinity lineup of semi-automatic shotguns has grown over the years with increasing popularity among waterfowlers, upland hunters and clay target shooters, providing well-built guns, made in Italy and feature a tried-and-true operating system developed by Benelli. Now Franchi offers a premium version of its Affinity-series shotgun to passionate …

President Joe Biden (D), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other anti-Second Amendment politicians have routinely attacked law-abiding Americans’ freedom and demonized firearms manufacturers while being soft on actual criminals. They do this while ignoring all the armed citizens in this country who defend themselves and others—many using …

The 9 mm vs. .45 ACP argument has been going on for more than a century. Many believed the two World Wars answered this question after Americans used their .45s to beat the Germans and their 9 mms— twice. But in 1967, the Illinois State Police adopted the Smith & …

I’m not going to lie; when I saw the press release from Smith & Wesson about its new CSX pistol, I was skeptical. At a time when the polymer-frame, striker-fired, micro-9 mm double-stack pistol was conquering the landscape, Smith & Wesson launched the CSX, a metal-frame, single-action-only handgun. Heck, even trying to describe …

Viridian Weapon Technologies has begun shipping their E-Series Green Laser Sights that are fully compatible with the Taurus GX4XL, the second iteration of the Taurus GX4 family of pistols. Viridian Weapon Technologies E-Series Laser Sights are a mainstay among the American shooting and defensive minded public and are a popular accessory …

I first laid eyes on the Beretta 92X Performance at the 2019 NRA Annual Meetings conference in Indianapolis, IN. It was a featured attraction at the Beretta booth, and as a self-confessed Beretta enthusiast, I could not wait to see it in-person. There are two reasons why the 92X Performance’s launch was …

A few short years ago, the U.S. firearm market looked at Turkish pistols with a great deal of skepticism. Today, that stigma has largely faded, as many of these guns have proven themselves to be accurate, durable and, above all, reliable. After procuring a sample and putting it through its paces, …

I have wanted to tell you about this for at least two months, but our lawyers told us that we couldn’t talk about it until now. The whole world now knows that Joe Biden personally directed the FBI to raid President Trump’s home in Florida and that Merrick Garland is …

There are rifles and then there are rifles. Back in 1999, I visited Jim Carmichel, the long-time shooting editor for Outdoor Life magazine, in Tennessee to help test the latest rifles, and he asked if I’d like to see the perfect bolt-action rifle. “Of course,” I answered. “Who wouldn’t?” Out of a …

Developing the skill needed to hit a target the size of a human at the average gunfight range is really not all that difficult. Most folks with any sort of coordination ability can learn to do it rather quickly. What that says is that the person has developed a level …